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Today's Date: 2007
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If you are visiting this site to find out about the ABB drives advertised on the front cover of the February issue of Drives & Controls, we apologize that there has been a slight delay to the on-line shopping facility. We hope to have it running in a few days, so please return to this site soon.
Servo newcomer ABB aims to take 10% of the market |
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ABB has made a belated entry to the servo drives sector with the ambitious aim of capturing 10% of the $1.78bn global market by 2010. The company has invested around $15m and devoted more than 150 man-years of engineering effort to develop its new Machinery Drive.
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| Integrated servo drives square up for packaging battle | ||
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Two German
companies are touting rival integrated servo motor drives that,
they claim, will deliver substantial savings in cabling and other
costs, especially in applications such as packaging machines |
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| Baldor completes Rockwell deal to take 25% of N American market | ||
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Baldor has
completed its acquisition of Rockwell Automation's Power Systems
division — consisting of the Dodge mechanical, and Reliance
motors and repairs, businesses. The $1.8bn deal more than doubles
Baldor's size and makes it the largest supplier of electric motors
in North America, holding around a quarter of the market. |
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| Copper rotors boost hybrid truck efficiency by 40% | ||
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The US Army
has begun testing tough 15.9-tonne trucks powered by a hybrid diesel-electric
system which uses 105kW copper-rotor motors to drive each of four
axles. The drive system is said to decrease emissions and increase
fuel efficiency by up to 40%, as well as reducing noise levels and
reducing lifecycle costs. |
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